Medical workers in protective suits collect swabs for nucleic acid tests during a city-wide testing following new coronavirus disease cases in Qingdao, Shandong province, China Oct 12, 2020. SHANGHAI: Mainland China reported 11 new COVID-19 cases on Oct 14, down from 20 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Thursday .
The National Health Commission said 10 of the cases were imported infections originating from overseas, compared with 14 a day earlier. One new local infection was reported in Qingdao, where the city government is seeking toAdvertisementThe total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 85,622, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634.